Summer Mix 2020 Episode 2

and here is episode 2. More details to come!

Summer Nights

Summer is here so to commemorate the season. Here is an ode to those chilled nights of contemplation topped with some deep house beats.  I'm sampling a hint of Depeche Mode's classic "Waiting for the Night"  which actually inspired this ambient house track and I'm quite happy with the results. Enjoy!

P.O.T (The Break)

Let me indulge here with some classic synth pop from the early 90s and 80s with some Depeche Mode of course.  P.O.T The break is taken here from "Policy of Truth" was so hard to resist upon a recent vinyl listen of Violator  which was their breakthrough release that catapulted them into the stratosphere.  I realized  the appeal of the break wasn't just the base but his sort of sedated eastern sounds so I added tome other effects to enhance to the point of a syncopated and meditative sounds. There are two versions here, one is straight out and the other one over indulged by adding some parts Boy George's "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" just for kicks. Enjoy!

and here is the Boy George version

 

Knit Mix

Here is brand new mix titled Knit Mix. Enjoy

Midsummer '17 Mix

Here is a new mix of some music I've been musing over! Enjoy

Spring 17 Mix

Here is the Spring '17 Mix. A crazy mix of mismatched and some overly mixed songs. Enjoy

Strange Love

"Two Spirited"

Here is re-work-edit of the Depeche Mode's classic and sexy "Strange Love".  It's pretty stripped off any vocals, enhance the drama of the original with some cool organs.  Enjoy!

April '16 Mix

Here is the April'16 Mix. Spring is here.  Lately with the spirit of renewal in the air, I have been re-vamping some tracks from 2004-2006 from the Glamjack/CD "vaults".  Minor edits here and there and I'm quite surprised how well they hold up on their own considering those tracks I feel are more amateurish in nature and shall I say,  primitively conceived by mixing separate wave file loops created live from vinyl sources and overlapping them making second and even third generation recordings. All of this was recorded from an exterior microphone before USB technology! The end results created a distinctive Glamjack sound which I feel needed an open and acquired taste at times, lol.  I have been releasing some of those tracks individually on Disco Monk Soundcloud's  if you want further listening of these tracks. Also, there are myriad of other tracks to spice things up with the latest from Pet Shop Boys's brilliant new release of "Super" and an awesome remix I recently discovered while listening to Beats in Space podcast from DJ Paramida from Sharif Laffrey who made an incredible twist from the break of Pet Shop Boys "Always on my mind/In my House" remix. It's great to see young people embracing this sound again. Enjoy!

Depecheowie

From the CD vaults I found this crazy mash-up called Depecheowie.  Sprinkling some Bowie instrumentals with some Depeche Mode loops. A very unlikely marriage.  This was the time when I had a Dell computer and  was experimenting using separate sound files  composed of breaks and edits. I would splice them up to create loops and record them on external mic in front of the speakers for the final mix. I bit obsolete by today's standards I mus say but still sounds nice. Enjoy